Robe-holder.



D. C. RUSSELL.

nose HOLDER. l APPLICAUON FILED IULYZI ISIS.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

the rail in parallel relation thereto.

DAVID CEAS. RUSSELL, 0F THE DALLES, OREGON.

ROBE-HOLDER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAng.- 211, 1916.

Application filed July 21, 1915. Serial No. 41,082.

To all whom it may concer/n Be it known that 1, DAVID. C. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of The Dalles, in the county ot Wasco and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Robe-Holder, of which the Jfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the robe rail o an automobile or other vehicle, which in practice is secured to the dash-board or to the back of a seat to receive the robe, when the latter is not in use.

My invention relates particularly vto a robe rail in connection with which clamping means is employed, whereby to prevent the accidental displacement of the robe or the removal thereof by unauthorized persons.

ln carrying out my invention, the robe rail is provided with arms to be suspended by brackets or other suitable means from. a seat-back or dash-board. The arms are disposed at approximately right angles to the robe rail, and each has a longitudinal series of teeth. A longitudinal clamping bar is provided with' orices to slidably receive the toothed arms of the rail, whereby the clamp arm may be moved toward or from Latch bolts are provided .in connection'with the clamp bar, `tapered at their outer ends to engage the teeth of the arms oi the rail. The bolts are spring pressed, and they are provided vwith members to be gripped for withdrawing the bolts9 and releasing the clamp bar, the members being arranged to overlap and adapted to receive a lock, whereby unauthorized withdrawal of the latch bolts will be prevented when the bar is in position clamping a robe to the rail.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description following. l

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of a robe rail and appurtenances embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the device applied; Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of one end of the clamp bar, and a tool for turning the latch bolt; Fig. a is a transverse vertical section of the elements shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing an end of one of the latch bolts; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the tool 't'or turning the latch bolt; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the oset member oi' a latch bolt to be grasped for withdrawing the bolt and arranged to receive a lock.

In constructing a practical embodiment of my invention in accordance withthe illustrated example, the robe 'frail designated generally by the numeral 10, comprises the longitudinal rail proper 11, and end arms 12 at right angles or approximately so to the rail 11. The arms 12 are formed at their inner sides with a longitudinal series of teeth 13, and at the ends opposite the rail 11 said arms are adapted to be secured in any approved manner to a dash-board or seat-back indicated conventionally at A. As here shown, the brackets 14 are secured by rivets 14a or equivalent means, and constitute bearings for pins or trunnions 15 on the arms 12.

A clamp bar 16 is disposed parallel with the rail 11, and it is formed with transverse oriices 17 through which the arms 12 pass freely, so that the said clamp bar 16 has sliding movement on the arms 12 toward or from the rail 11.

In connection with the clamp bar 16 I provide locking means to hold it` in adjusted relation tothe rail 11. In the preerred form the clamp bar 16 is tubular and receives therein oppositely disposed longitudinally ranging latch bolts 18 formed at their outer end with tapered latch heads 19 adapted to be received in teeth 13. Advantageously, the teeth 13 are ratchet teeth and the member 19 of the latch bolts is therefore preferably in the form of a beveled dog to slip over the ratchet teeth in one direction, the teeth and dog in the opposite direction presenting shoulders to prevent slipping movement of the bolts along the arms 12.

At the adjacent ends of the latch bolts 18 the same are provided with olset members 20, generally of IL shape, which extend outwardly through slots 16a in the tubular clamp bar 16 and have members 2Ou approximately parallel with the bolts 18. The oiset members 20 are formed separately, and each is formed at the back with a member to connect the same with the adjacent bolt 18, there being in the example shown a threaded tang or shank 21 which is received in a corresponding orifice in the bolt 18.

Between the opposed offset members 20, a compression spring 22 is disposed within the bar 16, the ends of the spring receiving studs 23 on the members 20. Normally the spring tends to force the latch bars 18 out- Wardly in opposite directions, so that the members 19 thereof will engage the teeth 13. The offset members 20, however, may be grasped and moved toward each other against the pressure of the spring 22 whereby to withdraw the latch bolts and disengage the clamp bar from the arms 12. The arms 20a of the members 2O overlap at the center' of the bar and each is provided withl a transverse hole 24, the said holes being normally in register under the action of the spring 22 when the latch bolts are in engagement with the arms y12. The registering holes are adapted to receive any suitable lock 25, a padlock being conventionally indicated in Fig. 1. With the lock in position, it is clear that the latch bolts may not be moved toward each other to release the clamp bar 16.

The outer ends of the tubular bar 16 may be closed by. a threaded plug 26. To insert the latch bolts 18 in the tube 16 from the outer ends and to connect said bolts with the threaded shanks 21, a tool B is employed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. Said tool comprises a shank of suitable length having a cross handle C, or the like, and presenting a head D at the forward end, the head being formed with a longitudinal slot conforming approximately to the pawls or latch heads 19. It is to be understood that the plug 26 is not in place when the tool B is employed.

Having thus described my what I claim as new and desire by Letters Patent, is:

l. A robe holder including a robe rail having transverse arms thereon, said arms being each formed with a longitudinal row of teeth at its inner side, a tubular clamp invention, to secure bar approximately parallel with the rail and having orifices near the ends slidably receiving the said toothed arms, latch bolts ranging longitudinally of and within the clamp bar and engageable with the teeth of said arms, a spring interposed between the latch bolts and normally tending to engage the same with the toothed arms, and angular elements having threaded engagement with the adjacent ends of the bolts and having offset members extending laterally to the outside of the tubular clamp bar and adapted to be graspedfor moving the bolts against the pressure of the spring, the said members overlapping and in form to receive a lock to hold the bolts in engagement with the arms.

2. A robe holder including a robe rail having upturned end arms formed with teeth; means to swingingly mount the upturned arms of the rail in position on a support; a tubular clamp bar having open ends; removable closures for said ends; the said clamp bar having orifices extending transversely therethrough inward from said removable closures; latch bar sections disposed longitudinally in said tubular clamp bar and engageable at their outer ends with the teeth on the arms of the robe rail; members having threaded connection with the inner ends of the said latch bolts to permit removal of said bolts through the open ends of the tubular clamp bar when said closures are removed, said bolts being formed with offset portions overlapping each other 'outside of the tubular clamp bar, the said overlapping ends being adapted to receive a lock; and a spring disposed between said members and tending to engage the latch bolts with the toothed arms of the robe rail.

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID CHAS. RUSSELL. Witnesses:

FELIX RUSSELL, Louis VAMBOLD.

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` Washington, D. C. 

